Volume 26, Issue 77, January - June, 2025

Revisiting taxonomy of Litsea lancifolia var. alternifolia (Lauraceae), a neglected element of the East Himalayas in India

Anand Kumar¹, Tapas Chakrabarty^2♦

¹Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, India
²4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, India

^♦Corresponding Author
4, Botanical Garden Lane, Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal, India

ABSTRACT

Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Fern.-Vill. var. alternifolia (Meisn.) Hook.f. replaces the typical variety in the East Himalayas of India; all Indian authors inadvertently treated this element as var. lancifolia

Keywords: Taxonomy, Litsea, India, Overlooked variety

Species, 2025, 26(77), e21s3117

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e21s3117

Published: 21 March 2025